Wurts and Wister family papers

Correspondence including letter books, letters, notes, diaries, business and legal papers and weather observations of the Wurts and Wister families, including items relating to the Drinker family. Represented family members are William Wurts, Charles S. Wurts, Robert Kennedy Wurts, and Sarah Tyler W...

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Main Authors: Wister family (Creator), Wurts family (Creator)
Collection:Wurts and Wister Family Papers
Collection Number:3438
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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100 3 |a Wister family  |e creator 
245 1 |a Wurts and Wister family papers  |f 1800-1905 
300 |a 7.5 Linear feet  |f 7.5 linear feet, 5 boxes,  
520 |a Correspondence including letter books, letters, notes, diaries, business and legal papers and weather observations of the Wurts and Wister families, including items relating to the Drinker family. Represented family members are William Wurts, Charles S. Wurts, Robert Kennedy Wurts, and Sarah Tyler Wister. Family matters are mentioned extensively and the collection also documents land transactions, primarily in Luzerne County. 
541 1 |a Gift of Peter L.L. Strickland.; 1992 acquired 
544 |a Relates to Collections 1988A, 1988B, and 3439. 
650 7 |a Family life--Upper Class--19th century.  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a Real estate--Transactions.  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a Upper Class--Philadelphia.  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a Weather--Personal accounts  |2 Local sources 
700 3 |a Wurts family  |e creator 
852 |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania  |b Wurts and Wister Family Papers  |l 3438